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Vernon Corea - The Broadcaster presenting a radio programme in a studio.

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Nihal Corea, a cousin of Vernon Corea was a well known pianist in Sri Lanka.

A Memorial Service for Vernon Corea’s cousin, the distinguished Sri Lankan pianist Nihal Corea who passed away recently, will be held on the island in June.

A Thanksgiving Service for the life of the late Nihal Corea will be held on Saturday, 21st June 2014 at St. John’s Church, Panadura.

Nihal Corea has played the piano at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel and the Colombo Hilton among other venues. Having started his musical career in 1964, Nihal was playing for many bands until 1976 when Randy Pieris and The Playboys disbanded and he was compelled to take over Oceanites as their organiser. It was only after he received an offer from vocalist Sanath Goonetilleke to join his band Gentle On My Mind, he bid goodbye to Oceanites after six months. Nihal Corea was a self-taught pianist.

His last appearance at a family gathering was when he played for the wedding of Sashika Corea, daughter of Vijaya Corea and Ranjani Corea to Mahiman Sivasundaram at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo in 2011.

The veteran Sri Lankan musician Joe B Perera has passed away. He launched his musical career in 1964 when the island was known as Ceylon. Vernon Corea has featured Joe B Perera’s music over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon in the 1960s as well as writing about him in his EMCEE column in the Ceylon Daily News.

Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in Asia, featured the historic event in Washington DC on 28th August 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character,” it was stunning oratory. Martin Luther King was striving for freedom in his civil rights campaign. His speech was delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC in the United States of America, fifty years ago. It was headline news on Radio Ceylon in 1963.

Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta visited India landing in Mumbai on 10th February 1959. He was mobbed in India by people who had admired his campaign, he had many admirers in Ceylon, including Vernon Corea.

Martin Luther King Jr, his wife Coretta with the Prime Minister of India Pandit Nehru in 1959:

Martin Luther King speaking about the great Mahatma Gandhi of India said:

Gandhi was probably the first person in history to lift the love ethic of Jesus above mere interaction between individuals to a powerful and effective social force on a large scale. Love, for Gandhi, was a potent instrument for social and collective transformation. It was in this Gandhian emphasis on love and nonviolence that I discovered the method for social reform that I had been seeking for so many months. The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the social-contracts theory of Hobbes, the “back to nature” optimism of Rousseau. the superman philosophy of Nietzsche, I found in the nonviolent resistance philosophy of Gandhi. I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom.”

Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis aged 39.

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THANKSGIVING SERVICE

A Service of Thanksgiving marking the 10th Death Anniversay of Vernon Corea - click on the picture to see the Order of Service.

RUKSHAN PERERA’S TRIBUTE

Sri Lankan mega star Rukshan Perera wrote a special composition, 'When Angels Fly,' and dedicated it to Vernon Corea at the Thanksgiving Service. Watch the film on You Tube.

BATHIYA & SANTHUSH TRIBUTE

Sri Lanka's super stars Bathiya & Santhush released a special message on Vernon Corea. Click on the Watchout Magazine picture to read the message.

MARIAZELLE GOONETILLEKE’S TRIBUTE

Sri Lankan Mega Star Mariazelle Goonetilleke, paid a tribute to Vernon Corea at the Thanksgiving Service and sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings.' Vernon was one of the first to write about Mariazelle in his EMCEE Column in the Ceylon Daily News in the 1960s. Click on the picture to see the You Tube film.

NIMAL MENDIS ON VERNON COREA

The legendary Sri Lankan singer/songwriter Nimal Mendis of 'Master Sir,' 'Ganga Addara' fame paid a tribute to Vernon Corea at the Thanksgiving Service. Nimal Mendis wrote the hit song for autism, 'Open Every Door,' dedicating it to Vernon's grandson, Charin Corea. Click on the picture to see the You Tube film of Nimal singing 'Light Floods In.'

VIJAYA COREA ON VERNON COREA

Leading Sri Lankan media personality and former Director-General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Vijaya Corea's tribute to his cousin Vernon Corea. Click on the picture to see the You Tube film.

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER AT THANKSGIVING SERVICE

The British High Commissioner, His Excellency John Rankin, attended the Thanksgiving Service for Vernon Corea .